Throughout many metropolises in the Western world, posters of the Israeli children being held hostage by Hamas have been put up on many vertical surfaces — walls, telephone poles, trees, Morris columns — by those reminding the public of this atrocity, and of the need to bring all 230 hostages home. All kinds of people, ranging from Muslims and their leftist or antisemitic fellow travelers both on and off campuses, to the well-known Broadway producer James L. Simon, who when caught cutting down posters with a pair of scissors he had brought with him especially for the task, claimed he was only trying to keep New York clean, have been ripping down and tearing up posters of those very young Israeli hostages.
And now we learn that in Berlin, Germany, where one would have thought that officials would be especially solicitous about Jewish lives, and thus about keeping the fate of Jewish hostages in the public eye, police officers have been filmed tearing down those hostage posters. They had not been ordered to do so, but were acting entirely on their own. Nonetheless, Berlin officials tried to justify their acts after the fact: the police were tearing down those posters, it was claimed, in order “to preserve social peace.” More on this infuriating incident can be found here: “Fury as German police are filmed tearing down Israel hostage posters: Officials are blasted for ‘absurd’ excuse that officers were protecting ‘social peace,'” by Perkin Amalaraj, Daily Mail, November 1, 2023:
Berlin officials were accused of playing ‘bull**** bingo’ after trying to justify several of the city’s officers tearing down posters depicting images of Israeli hostages held by Hamas.
At least three uniformed officers were videoed wordlessly taking down posters that share information about some of the roughly 200 civilians who were taken from Israel into Gaza by Hamas following its deadly October 7 attack.
The posters were stuck to an advertising column, understood to be owned and operated by Ilg-Außenwerbung.
The video, shared to social media, comes after police in London and Manchester were severely criticised for taking down fliers depicting hostages taken into Gaza by Hamas.
Berlin’s chief of police, Barbara Slowik, defended the officers’ actions, and said the officers ‘apparently felt compelled to act’ upon seeing the posters.
The officers reportedly took the posters down without anyone asking them to, a move that has infuriated many
A police spokesperson told German newspaper Tagesspiegel that the officers’ actions were based on ‘their own findings.
The fact that taking down the posters hurt feelings “affects me and I regret that extremely,” she added.
But as chief of the Berlin Police Department, instead of defending the police who pulled down the posters, shouldn’t Barbara Slowik punish the officers who pulled down the posters? And shouldn’t she issue an order that no posters are to be pulled down, whether by the police or anyone else? And will she see to it that anyone who is caught violating that order will be slapped with a stiff fine or even jail time?
It is not currently clear what grounds the police used to justify taking the posters down, with a police spokesperson telling German newspaper Tagesspiegel that the officers’ actions were based on ‘their own findings.’
The spokesperson told the newspaper that there was no complaint that prompted the action, and no criminal charges were filed against the owner of the advertising column.
There had been no complaint about the posters. The police officers involved were acting only on their perception that Muslims would be angry to have the public reminded of Hamas’ atrocities, which might lead to greater sympathy for the hated “Zionist entity.” Better, in their view, to alienate Jews and others concerned with the hostages, by pulling down the posters, rather than risk the wrath of maddened Muslims. Thus do the police end up surrendering to the mere perception of a threat of violence from Muslims.
Berlin’s state minister for the interior, Iris Spranger, tried to justify the force’s move by claiming that the posters were torn down to preserve ‘security and order’, as well as ‘social peace.’
She later admitted that ‘the effect of the action’ was painful for the families of the hostages, and said she regretted it ‘with all my heart.’
But officials were heavily criticised for the way police handled the situation.
A spokesperson for the ‘Independents’ police union, Jörn Badendick, accused Berlin officials of playing ‘bull**** bingo.’
‘An explanation that there was a misjudgment would be sufficient. In the heated mood surrounding the Middle East conflict, someone may have feared that someone would feel provoked by the posters,’ he told Tagesspiegel
Berlin’s governing mayor, Kai Wegner, told BILD: ‘The impression that has been created is extremely regrettable. There is no doubt in my mind: our city and our police stand by the victims of terrorism and their families.’
If the city stands by the “victims of terrorism and their families,” why has Mayor Wegner not charged the police who tore down the posters with acting ultra vires, that is beyond the scope of their authority? No one had ordered them to pull the posters down; they were acting on their own. And why is it that “social peace” must be kept by yielding to the violent bullyboys of Islam? Why must “social peace” be achieved by caving to Muslims, and treating Jewish feelings with such contumely?
Alexander J. Herrmann, a legal policy spokesman for the Christian-Democratic Union party, said: ‘In view of the numerous illegal posters without legal notice in the city and also in view of the existing discretion of the officers, I am not convinced by the Berlin police’s attempt to justify this.’
In other words, there are many “illegal posters” all over Berlin that the police have done nothing about. They have been highly selective in what they chose to remove — so far, it seems, only the hostage posters have been taken down because, the police said, if they were allowed to stay up that would provoke “someone” to violence, and break the “social peace” that is apparently to be achieved by sacrificing the rights of Jews to disseminate their pleas for the freedom of the hostages.
Media figures also attacked Berlin officials, with the political editor of Die Welt, Frederik Schindler, writing shortly after the video circulated: ‘This is an absurd setting of priorities – and a capitulation to those who are bothered by such posters.’
Social media users were furious with Berlin’s police force.
One person wrote on X: ‘The police are simply too cowardly to show civil courage and independence.’
Another said: ‘This is called selective justice.’
“Capitulation” is exactly the right word: the police so fearful of antagonizing Muslims who have repeatedly shown their readiness to engage in violence, know that Muslims will pull down the posters themselves if the police don’t do it for them, so the “cowardly” police have anticipated their desires and done it for them. Unlike Muslims, Jews don’t riot or threaten violence, so there is no need to worry about their reaction to the posters being taken down.
What should now be done by way of remedying this appalling incident? Here’s what: the Berlin city government should order the police to put back up the same posters as those some of their members took down. Furthermore, the police, dispensing with heir previous concern not to anger Muslims, should promptly arrest for “disturbing social peace” anyone who attempts to tear down those posters. That would reestablish a semblance of sanity, and decency, in the Berlin police department.
Max says
Exactly the same situation in England police caught removing posters of kidnapped Israeli women and children. This is horrifically reminiscent of a Nazi Germany fascist pogrom. Despicable.
Blougeoisie says
Because Jews don’t disturb the peace. Will that begin to change?
Tatanka says
Totally disgusting behaviour from these cops.
It shows Nazism is alive and well even among the very people that have sworn to keep everyone safe
FYI says
Imagine if the posters were of missing MUSLIM children….
Imagine the outcry:”islamophobia”
The Police in many countries are now a public nuisance to law abiding folk.
What a disgrace:nobody trusts them any more.
The police are the New Stasi.Globalist Gestapo.
Westman says
“…pulling down the posters, rather than risk the wrath of maddened Muslims. Thus do the police end up surrendering to the mere perception of a threat of violence from Muslims.”
“Capitulation” is exactly the right word: the police so fearful of antagonizing Muslims who have repeatedly shown their readiness to engage in violence, know that Muslims will pull down the posters themselves if the police don’t do it for them,….”
There are at least two elements here: Fear and German Image. The Muslim tail wags the German public and government with fear of violence and fear of the resulting perception of emasculation when its law enforcement does not effectively respond to that violence.
Germany, snivelingly, across its spectrum, intends to ignore its creeping loss of sovereignty until it is subsumed. Another distant victory for Hamas as is every poster pulled down, anywhere.
Westman says
Unexpected Karma: Razor blades on the back of hostage posters?
https://twitter.com/HumanDilemma_/status/1720181737240560086
FYI says
There are ways to outwit the New Globalist Gestapo..
A “Have you seen Ahmed?” poster.
[Ahmed is…. a cat]
The cops cannot take it down as you could justifiably say it is ‘islamophobic”;so what if he has a muslim name?
“FREE ‘PALESTINE’ !” shout the muslims and the keffiyeh wearing hypocritical Lefty/Communists.Join in..
“FREE ‘PALESTINE’……yes…from islam and hamas”
{It is no wonder communists support islam:the biggest murderers on the planet and in world history are the communists although they are not neccesarily likely to coexist.An intolerant pseudoreligious cult and a totalitarian political system;ideal for the Globalist elites to control and enslave us}
The non-violent war against the extremely violent{and ironically named] religion of PEACE{..where?..}shall continue.. even if it goes over the heads of most muslims.
tim gallagher says
All this pathetic surrender to the Muslim scum that have been so stupidly allowed into so many western societies, because the scum might act violently, is pathetic. This sort of pathetic, cowardly behaviour is yet another problem that the Hungarians will not have to put up with because they are sensible enough to shut the Muslim enemies of civilisation out. As for all the left wing shitheads, all around the world, who support hamas and support islam against Israel and the Jewish people, I am sickened by the evil that these scum show themselves to be. So many evil people around supporting the barbaric Muslims and displaying Nazi-like hatred of Jewish people. I knew that there was a fashionable leftie hatred for Jews, I suppose mainly over the Palestinians, but I had no idea that so many scum had been infected to such a degree. Anyone who supports these scum from hamas is seriously “off” in terms of their moral compass.
Joe Kool says
The “German” police officers could be muslims too, Germany has basically submitted to Islam, at least the govt has, If someone had told me 20 years ago this was going to happen, I would have laughed! I vacationed in Germany every year from 1999 until 2018, I saw Germany go to hell during those years, I know (at least I think I know) that most Germans are not happy about the islamic invasion, but they are still voting for the same people who do support it! I was married to a German during those years and he quit going after seeing what was happening and after several verbal and physical incidents with the “migrants”, We also went to the Christmas Markets every year also, we went to Berlin the majority of the time, and we usually stayed in the Schoneberg area and the Christmas Market that the muslim terrorist murdered the people in 2016 in was the main one that we went to, we were there a few days before attack, and had probably bought some things from some of the victims. I dont even want to go anymore. It appears its gotten worse.
John Andela says
If someone can let me know where these posters are available I will be happy to display them here in ONTARIO Canada we will be uploading a new video next week many soldiers Christ
engaging in apologetics with Muslems